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E. D. .8a 0. B. REYNOLDS.

, WHEEL PLOW.- I No. 321,052. Patentedmneo, 1885.

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D. REYNOLDS, or BROOKTON'MASS.

WH EEL-PLOW.

DPCIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 321,052, dated June 30,1885.

Application tiled April 26, 1884. Renewed January 5, 1885. (No model.) i

T 0 all whom it may concern/.-

Beit known that we, EDMUND D. REYNOLDS and OLIVER B. REYNOLDS, citizensof the United States, residing at Brockton, in the county of Plymouthand State of Massachuseits, ha-ve invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Vheel-Plows, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a sideelevation of a wheel-plow with the near wheel and a portion of the axlebroken away. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a planview. Figs. 4 and 5 show several details, to be referred to.

Our present invention relates to that class of agricultural implementsknown as wheelplows, and it consists of the several combinations ot'devices hereinafter explained and claimed.

To enable Others skilled in the art to make and use our invention, wewill proceed to describe the exact manner in which we have carried itout.

In the drawings, A represents the pole-stub of our plow, B the axle, andC the wheels. The braces A/ A are bent, as shown in Fig. 4, the frontends being fastened to the pole-stub A by means of a bolt, andthe rearends being secured to the axle by the yoke-bolts a a, as Shown in Fig.3. rlhe rear end of the polestub A is securely fastened to the axle bymeans of the clasp-plate a and bolt a, as Shown in Fig. l. The pole A isunited to the pole-stub A in a manner wevwill now proceed to explain. Tothe rear end of the pole we bolt the angle-plate b, (see Fig. 1,) whichis in turn bolted to the brace A. (See Fig. l.) To the front end of thepole-stub the pole is tied by the Straps b and b, placed above and belowthe pole-stub and pole, as shown in Figs. l and 3, and secured by thebolts c c.' The outer ends of these straps are provided wit-hperforations to allow of a lateral adjustment of the pole from or towardthe pole-stub.

D is the framework, to which is attached the equalizer, as will behereinafter explained. One end of the frame D is bent at right anglesand secured to the pole-stub A by a bolt, d, the other end beingfastened'to the brace A" by the bolt d, as shown in Fig. 3. 'Ihe frameis secured at its lower end to the strap D', the other end of the strapbeing secured to the pole-stub by the bolt a, as shown in Fig. 3.

E is a plate, to which the equalizer strap E is attached. The plate E isperforated, so as to ad mit Of a lateral adjustment of theequalizer-strap to accommodate a team of three horses, when desired. Theseat-support eis secured to the pole-stub by bolts or other convenientmeans.

The standards F are bolted to the braces A (see Fig. l) and are bent attheir ends to form three sides of a rectangle, as shown in Fig. 2. Thisconstruction allows the draft-bars G tO be lowered the full length ot'the vertical portion of the standards. At the lower end ot' thestandards F we attach the draft-.straps F, between which we place thebrace F, as shown in Fig. 2. These several parts are securely fastenedtogether by means of the bolts ff. The upper ends of the draftstraps Fare secured Ato the braces A A by means of the bolts f f. The draft-barsG G are placed on each side of the standards F, and are Separated by theends of the tie-plates g, which are bent up at right angles, the bentportion lying between the bars, and all being securely fastened inposition by the bolts l and 2, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The parts Gand g, when thus bolted together, form a frame which is verticallyadjustable on the standards F F, and to which the bar H, plate I, andbeam J are at-V tached, as shown in Fig. 4. At the rear ends of bars Gare the standards K, thelower ends of which are secured between the barsby the bolts 3. To the upper end of these standards we attach the bracesK', which are fastened at their lower ends to the bars G by bolts 2,thus rendering the standard K perfectly rigid.

Between the front ends of the bars G we secure the friction-wheels L bymeans of bolts L', having their bearings in the bars G. One of thesewheels is placed before and one behind each of the standards F F. Theshaft M M passes through the upper ends of the standards F F, which formbearings for the shaft. On the outer ends of this shaft we form the armsm m, as shown in Fig. 8, while the inner ends of the shaft are Securelyfastened in the block N, which is provided with an lIOO arm, N', towhich is secured the lever O, by means of which the shaft M M isoperated.

To the outer ends of the arms m m we attach the links m', the oppositeends of these links being attached to the outer end of the bolt L', asshown in Fig. 1. The upper ends of-these links fm. are perforated, so asto allow of a vertical adjustment of the frame G g as it is evidentthatby shortening orlengthening thelinks m' the forward end of the frame iscorrespondiugly raised or lowered. It is also evident that by our,construction we are able to cant the frame G g at pleasure by simplychanging trie relative length of the links m or making one longer thanthe other. -The bars P are pivoted at their rear ends to the top of therigid standards K, and at the forward ends to the standards F, as shownin Fig. 1. The object of these bars is to resist the upward pressure ofthe plow when at work by transferring the pressure from the standard Kto the standard F. These bars also tend to hold the frame G horizontalwhile being raised or lowered on the standards F by the lever O. Therear ends of bars P are perforated,so asto. afford an adjustment of therelative positions of the standards K and F, as shown in Fig. 1. Thesestandards are supposed to be vertically parallel. It is evident that bymoving the bars l? backward or forward 'the standards F will be throwntoward or from the standards K, and necessarily from a verticalposition, thereby causing the rear portion of the frame G g to be raisedor depressed.

The notched bar Q is pivoted to arm N", (see Fig. 2,) and extendingforward passes through a slot in the upper portion of the' angle-plateb, (see Fig. 1,) the lower edge of the slot serving as a dog to enterthe notches and hold the bar Q in any desired position. The arm N" beingformed on the opposite side of theblock N to the arm N',it is evident asthe arm N" is moved in one direction by the lever O the arm N willreceive a corresponding Y movement in the opposite direction. Thus asthe lever O is thrown back the notched plate Q will be thrown forward,and by means of the notches and the dog on the plate b the plate will beheld in place, thus securing the lever O until the plate is againreleased from' the dog.

Under circumstances not necessary to explain it may become necessary torelease the plate Q quickly, and sometimes it may be to retain it in areleased position. To accomplish this we pivot to the pole-stub thefootplate Q', extending over the pole and under the plate Q, with itsouter point bent in a hook-shape around the outer edge of the angleplateb, (see Fig. 3,) thus steadying the latter plate in its position. Theouter end of the foot-plate Q' being the heavier, the normal position ofthe plate will be with its outer end resting on the brace A', as shownin Figs. 1 and 3, while the inner end will be slightly elevated. It isevident from this description that if the drivers foot be pressed uponthe inner end of the foot-plate Q' the outer end will beelevated, and inrising must also raise the notched bar Q and release it from the dog. Alatch or button may be applied to hold the foot-plate down, so as toretain the notched bar in its raised position.

The plate Q is also perforated, as shown in Fig. 1, to receive a pin,q', to prevent the plate from being withdrawn from the slot whenreleased from the dog, while it is free to go forward to accommodate anirregular surface by allowing the plow to rise and fall freely,

the extent of the fall being determined and controlled by the pin q.

We will now proceed to describe the manner in which we attach theplow-beam J to the frame G g.

Below the plates g g we secure the plate II, the front end of which isbent, as shownl in Fig. 4, tting snugly in front of the plate g, andthen extending forward, and bending back Y on itself, so as to form thehook h, in which fits the forward end of the plate I, and where it issecured by the pivot-bolt h', which allows a lateral swing to the rearof the plate I, while the plate H has a lateral adjustment on the platesg by means of the perforationsi z'. The beam J has a similar adjustmenton the plate I by means of the perforations t" f'. On the rear plate, g,we bolt a block, It, secured by the bolt r, which fastens the plate H tothe rear plate g. Around the rear face of this block R fits the lippedflange I', formed on the rear end of the plate I, as shown in Fig. 4.Through this lip and block passes the bolt r', by which means the plateI can be held steadily in a fixed position. The bolts S, passing throughthe beam J, enter the perforations i' in the plate I, furnish the meansfor a lateral adjustment of the beam on the plate. It is thus evidentthat by the swing of the beam afforded by the pivoting of the plate I,as described, and by the lateral adjustment of the beam on the plate,the line of draft in relation to the plow may be adjusted in any waydesired.

The plow-standard T is secured to the beam J by a means which we willnow explain.

A cap-plate, T', is secured to the under side of the beam, the rearportion of the plate being widened at t, and slotted, as shown in Fig.5. This is to allow the cap to be adjusted laterally, and thus adjustthe position of the plow,as may be desired. The bolt t',working in theslot, secures the rear end of the capplate to the beam. The plow-cap isprovided with a housing,II, which, extending down,re ceives the upperend of the standard T, which is slotted or bifurcated, and thebifurcations u', bent at right angles, fit into recesses u" in the upperpart of the housing. The bifurcating or slotting of the bent end ofthestandard allows the bolt t' to pass between the bent portions of thestandard. The inner portion of the housing is also grooved vertically toreceive the bolt V, as shown in Fig. 4.

The parts thus formed being properly placed IIO together are secured inposition by the yokebolt V. On the rear under side of the cap-plate T isformed a projection, WV, recessed to t and receive the upper end of thebrace WV', while the lower end of the brace is rmly bolted to thestandard. Thus fitted and secured the brace retains its relativeposition to the standard T, regardless of the adjustment of the standardby the cap-plate T.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a Wheel-plow, the pole-stub A, provided with the clasp-plate a',in combination with the pole A", angle-plate b, braces A', andtie-straps b' and b", all constructed to operate substantially as andfor the purpose described.

2. The standards F, the lower ends of which are bent to form three sidesof a rectangular figure,and the braces A', in combination with the frameG g, provided with the frictionwheels L, the straps F', brace F", allconstructed substantially as set forth.

The draft-bars G G,carrying the frictionwheels L, in combination withthe bars g, having their outer ends bent up at right angles and securedbetween the bars G G, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The vertically adjustable frame G g and standards F F, in combinationwith the bar H, plate I, and beam J, all constructed to operatesubstantially as and for the purpose set forth. f

5. The vertically adjustable frame G g, in combination with thestandards K, braces K', adjustable bars P, and standards F, allconstructed to operate substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. The standards F and shaft M M, provided with the arms m fm', incombination with the block N, provided with the arm N', and the lever O,all constructed to operate substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

7. The shaft M, provided with the arms m m and lever O, in combinationwith the adj ustable links m', standards F, and adjustable frame G g,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. The block N, provided with the arm N"` b, and the pivoted foot-plateQ', all construct! ed to operate substantially as and for the purpose etforth.

10. The adjustable beam J and frame G g, in combination with theadjustable and swinging plate I, block R, and plate H, all constructedto operate substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

ll. The standard T, having its upper end bifurcated and bent at rightangles, in combination with the cap-plate T, the housing U, providedwith recesses a", the bolt t', and the yoke-bolt V, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth. 12. The cap-plate T', provided with theprojection W, recessed to fit the brace W', and having the housing U toreceive the standard T, in combination with the brace W', substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

13. The draft-bars G G, standards K, bar P, and brace K", in combinationwith the standards F, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

EDMUND D. REYNOLDS. OLIVER B. REYNOLDS.

Witnesses:

WM. L. PUFFER, LoRING WV. PUFFER.

